Shuttleworth Collection | |
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The Shuttleworth Collection's Bristol F.2B Fighter. | |
Established | 1928 |
Location | Old Warden, Bedfordshire |
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Museum- Aviation and Agriculture |
Website | http://www.shuttleworth.org |
The Shuttleworth Collection is an aeronautical and automotive museum located at the Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of the most prestigious in the world due to the variety of very early preserved aircraft.
History[]
The collection was founded in 1928 by aviator Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth. While flying a Fairey Battle (aircraft) at night on 2 August 1940, Shuttleworth fatally crashed. His mother, in 1944, formed the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust "for the teaching of the science and practice of aviation and of afforestation and agriculture."[1] Richard Shuttleworth was a menber of the Shuttleworth family, owners of the agricultural engineering firm of Clayton and Shuttleworth Company.
Collection[]
Restoration and maintenance work is carried out by a staff of eight full-time and many volunteer engineers. These volunteers are all members of the 3,000-strong Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS).[2] These dedicated enthusiasts are crucial to the preservation and restoration of the collection.
In addition to the aircraft, the collection houses a number of vintage and veteran cars, motorcycles, tractors and steam engines. Events include model-flying days, and once a year, there is a special flying day for schools in the area. The Old Warden Park is home to the annual steam rally organised by the Bedford Steam Preservation Society, known as the Old Warden Steam Rally
The Shuttleworth Collection puts an emphasis on restoring as many aircraft as possible to flying condition, inline with the founder's original intention.[3] There are typically about twelve air shows per year, including evening displays, which offer the opportunity to see aircraft which in many cases are the last of their type to survive, let alone existing in flyable condition.
The Edwardian Flying machines[]
Some of the most notable aircraft in the collection are the five Edwardian aeroplanes, of which one is the oldest British aeroplane still in flying condition. What makes these exceptional is that they still fly (weather permitting). The oldest, with British civil registration G-AANG, is the Bleriot XI (still with original engine), which dates back to 1909 - six years after the Wright brothers' aircraft and it is the world's oldest airworthy aeroplane, with the next oldest being, at only three weeks newer by date of manufacture, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's in the United States, restored original Bleriot XI (Bleriot factory serial number 56, with civil registration N60094).
Aircraft in the collection[]
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List from: Ellis - Wrecks and Relics, 2004.[4]
Type | Date | Identity | Notes |
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ANEC II | 1924 | G-EBJO | |
Avro 504K | 1918 | G-ADEV | Painted as H5199 |
Roe IV Triplane | 1964 | G-ARSG | Replica |
Avro Tutor | 1933 | G-AHSA | Painted as RAF K3241 |
Avro Nineteen (Anson) | 1946 | G-AHKX | Owned by BAE Systems |
Blackburn Type D | 1912 | G-AANI | Oldest airworthy British aeroplane |
Bleriot XI | 1909 | G-AANG | Oldest airworthy aircraft |
Bristol Boxkite | 1964 | G-ASPP | Replica |
Bristol F.2b Fighter | 1918 | G-AEPH | Painted as RAF D8096 |
Bristol M.1C | 1981 | G-BWJM | Replica painted as RFC C4918 |
CASA 1.131E Jungmann | 1967 | G-RETA | Painted as Luftwaffe GD+EG |
Comper Swift | 1932 | G-ACTF | |
de Havilland DH.51 | 1924 | G-EBIR | Miss Kenya |
de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird | 1923 | G-EBHX | |
de Havilland DH.60 Cirrus Moth | 1925 | G-EBLV | Owned by BAE Systems |
de Havilland DH.60X Hermes Moth | 1928 | G-EBWD | |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II | 1942 | G-ANKT | Painted as RAF K2585 |
de Havilland DH.88 Comet | 1934 | G-ACSS | Grosvenor House |
De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 | 1952 | G-BNZC | Painted as RCAF 671 |
Deperdussin Monoplane | 1910 | G-AANH | |
Desoutter I | 1930 | G-AAPZ | |
English Electric Wren | 1923 | G-EBNV | |
Gloster Gladiator | 1937 | G-AMRK | Painted as RAF K7985 |
Granger Archaeopteryx | 1932 | G-ABXL | Under restoration off site |
Hawker Hind | 1935 | G-AENP | Painted as RAF K5414 |
Hawker Sea Hurricane IB | 1939 | G-BKTH | Painted as RN Z7015 |
Hawker Tomtit | 1931 | G-AFTA | Painted as RAF K1786 |
Messerschmitt Me 163 | 191454 | Fuselage mockup with original engine | |
Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea | 1939 | G-AEBB | |
Miles Magister | 1939 | G-AJRS | Painted as RAF P6382 |
Parnall Elf | 1932 | G-AAIN | |
Percival Prentice T1 | 1949 | G-AOKL | |
Percival Provost T1 | 1955 | G-KAPW | Painted as RAF XF603 |
Polikarpov Po-2 | G-BSSY | ||
RAF SE.5A | 1918 | G-EBIA | Painted as RFC F904 |
Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 | XA241 | Display only | |
Sopwith Camel | 2001 | G-BZSC | Replica (under construction off site) |
Sopwith Pup | 1920 | G-EBKY | Painted as RFC 9917 |
Sopwith Triplane | 1980 | G-BOCK | Replica painted as RNAS N6290 |
Southern Martlet | 1930 | G-AAYX | |
Supermarine Spitfire LF.VC | 1942 | G-AWII | Painted as RAF AR501 |
Westland Lysander IIIA | 1942 | G-AZWT | Painted as RAF V9367 |
Also resident but privately owned:
- Druine Turbi
- Fauvel AV.36 glider
- Luscombe Silvaire
- Miles Falcon
- Miles Magister I
- Ryan PT-22
- Westland Wallace replica fuselage
- De Havilland DH89A Rapide G-AGSH painted as British European Airways
Steam engines in the collection[]
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Tractors in the Collection[]
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Vehicles in the collection[]
Type | Date | Identity | Notes |
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Clayton & Shuttleworth | 1914 | 46817 | YA2095. 'Dorothy' |
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See also[]
- Museums List
- Wikipedia:Shuttleworth College (Bedfordshire)
- Bedford Steam Preservation Society
- Old Warden Steam Rally - Organised by the BSPS
- Shows and Events
References / sources[]
- ↑ Ogilvy 1989, Ch.1.
- ↑ Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS) Retrieved: 7 February 2009
- ↑ Ogilvy 1989, Introduction.
- ↑ Ellis 2004, pp.12-14.
Bibliography[]
- Ellis, Ken. Wrecks and Relics - 19th Edition, Midland Publishing, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2004. ISBN 1 85780 183 0
- Guttery, T.E. The Shuttleworth Collection. London: Wm. Carling & Co, 1969. SBN 901319-01-5
- Ogilvy, David. Shuttleworth - The Historic Aeroplanes. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1989 ISBN 1-85310-106-0
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